Data Management (Big Data/IoT/Blockchain)

UK Vendors View Internet of Things as Positive Factor in Customer Relationships

August 12, 2016

Seventy-eight percent of UK vendors expect the Internet of Things to have a significant impact on their ability to gather customer insights data across the supply chain. Many go so far as to say that it will also change the way they think and operate as an organisation.

'Smart' Technology Enhances Operational Excellence in Manufacturing, Study Says

August 12, 2016

UPS

Traditional Lean and Six Sigma practices are insufficient to address the complexities of modern industrial manufacturing, and companies are turning to "smart operations," which use pervasive data collection, advanced analytics, technology investments and deeper collaboration with partners to prepare their value streams for the next industrial revolution.

Barcoding, Inc. Launches Active Asset Tracker

August 9, 2016

Barcoding, Inc.

Barcoding, Inc. has launched its Active Asset Tracker (AAT). The tool draws on the internet of things and Bluetooth Low Energy beacons to provide companies with near-real-time visibility of physical inventory.

Lessons Learned from Employing IoT in Transportation, Other Industries

August 5, 2016

Computerworld

ARI Fleet Management manages 1.2 million things with wheels across North America and Europe, from telephone company trucks to corporate vehicles to railroad maintenance trucks.

IoT Technology Much More Secure Than Ever Before

August 4, 2016

Industry Week

When it comes to security, IoT technology can cut both ways. It can, for instance, protect against terrorist attacks and shootings.

Smart Manufacturing: The Supply Chain Challenges of Making Highly Engineered Products in a Dynamic Environment

August 2, 2016

Michel Gadbois, VP of Worldwide Sales, iBASEt

It's a big and transformative phenomenon worldwide, so of course it has a buzzy lexicon all its own. You can call it whatever you want - Digital Operations Technology, Industry 4.0, Industry of the Future, The Fourth Industrial Revolution, Smart Manufacturing - but you can't ignore it. MESA International offers a concise definition for this wave of change: "Smart manufacturing is the intelligent, real-time orchestration and optimization of business, physical, and digital processes within factories and across the entire value chain."

JDA Teams With Category Management Association on Consumer Demand App

August 1, 2016

JDA Software Group, Inc.

JDA Software Group, Inc. has partnered with the Category Management Association (CMA) on a new version of CMA's CatMan application.

Companies Recognize They Need to Improve Their Mobile Presence, Study Finds

August 1, 2016

Supply Chain Digital

A report on customer's mobile experience with large companies has revealed that only 21 percent of supply chain companies ranked their company's mobile presence at 90 percent or above.

Misusing Big Data Can Lead to Customer Dissatisfaction

July 29, 2016

BCG Perspectives

Big data has the potential to be both friend and foe. The Boston Consulting Group conservatively estimates that trusted uses of big data and advanced analytics could unlock more than $1tr in value annually. However, recent BCG consumer research has uncovered a previously hidden obstacle to successfully unleashing this enormous opportunity: data misuse.

China to Lead Way in Making Industrial Internet of Things Reality

July 26, 2016

The Economist

As the world's biggest manufacturing power, China is well placed to lead the Internet of Things transition. Which is why this week GE, the world's biggest industrial company, opened what it calls a "digital foundry" in Shanghai. The centre will help Chinese companies develop and commercialise products for the industrial internet of things, which involves factory machines and industrial goods communicating with each other and their surroundings.

Data Management (Big Data/IoT/Blockchain)

The latest news, analysis, trends and solutions for big data, blockchain and the internet of things (IoT) and their impact on supply chain management. Big data describes the large volume of data that inundates a business on a day-to-day basis and can be analyzed for strategic business insights. IoT is the means that collects and sends data from a range of “things” — anything from watches to fridges to cars — that are connected to the internet with sensors or computer chips. Learn how companies around the world are using big data, blockchain and IoT for supply chain optimization and competitive advantage.